There was a lot of excitement earlier this week about the full solar eclipse that took place, which was incredibly beautiful! It’s amazing to see something like this.
But now let’s take a step back in time and watch a restored video of a total solar eclipse filmed in 1900! The video was shot by magician and astronomer John Nevil Maskelyne in North Carolina.
This is perhaps the oldest footage of its kind and has been restored by experts from the BFI National Archives.
The video came with the following note: “The magic of a real solar eclipse filmed on May 28, 1900 by a famous magician, Nevil Maskelyne, during a British Astronomical Association expedition to North Carolina. In 1898 he went to India to photograph an eclipse.”
“He succeeded but the film can was stolen on the journey home. It was no easy feat to film. Maskelyne had to make a special telescopic adapter for his camera to capture the event. This is the only Maskelyne film that we know of to have survived.”
“The original film fragment held in the Royal Astronomical Society archive was carefully scanned and restored in 4K by conservation experts at the BFI National Archives, who re-edited and re-edited the film frame by frame. The film is part of BFI Player’s recently released collection of Victorian films, viewers can now experience this first film of a solar eclipse since the event was originally captured over a century ago.
Check it!
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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